Toolholder



B. P. HAFFEY Oct. l1, 1949.,

TOOLHOLDER Filed April 4, 1946 IL .r

l. 'I r` j a Patented Oct. 1l, 1949 Zigi? TQOLHOIDER Bernard Patrick Hafley, Lakewood, Ohio, assgnor to ,Bernard A. Herren, Bay Village, Ohio Application'epril 4, 194e, serial No. .659,633

proved tool holderwhich will permit the tool to yieldably iioat laterally to some extent, which is or" advantage whenever the axis of theholder is not precisionally alined with the laxis on which the tool must perform its work.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tool holder of this character in which the degree of lateral oat of the tool may be varied.

A further object of the inventionA is to provide a construction which will automaticallyrelease the tool when backing Vitout ofthe Work ifit should become locked inthehole', thereby overcoming danger of tool breakage.

AV still further vobject is to provide a novel construction in which a reduced extension on the front end of a shank, not only connects this shank with the head of the tool holder, but carries a center (male or female) to engage a center on the rear'end of the tool shank.

Yet another object is to provide a rather simple and inexpensive tool holder, yet one which will be highly desirable and ecient. w

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section, partly in elevation, on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sections on lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 2.-

A preferred construction has been shown in the drawing and will be rather specifically described, but attention is invited to the possibility of making variations within Vthe scope of kthe invention as claimed.

A cylindrical, elongated body 5 is provided, having an external screw thread 6 extending to its front end, said body 5 having a central, cylindrical socket 'I opening through its front extremity, and a central bore 8 from its rear extremity to the rear wall 9 of said socket l. The side wall of this socket is provided with an internal screw thread I0, this thread being pitched in the same direction as the thread 6, and both of said threads preferably having the same number of turns per inch.

A supporting shank Il is provided, of either straight or tapered form, said shank having a reduced front end l2 threaded tightly into the bore 8. The front extremity of this reduced *shank end l2 is formed with a suitable center (either male or female) to engage another center (female or male)` on the rear end oi the tool shank i3 with which the invention is to beused. In the present disclosure, a conical center I4 is shown on the shank end l2,- and the center i5 of the tool shank i3 is the usual conicaly socket.

A sleeve It is provided in the socket 'l to loosely receive the tool shank I3, said sleeve having a screw thread il engaged with the thread IGI The rear extremity I3 of this sleeve It abuts the rear wall Q of the socket l, and the front extremity i9 of said sleeve is flush with the front extremityf of the body 5. The rear end ci the sleeve l is formed with flat internal faces 2l to loosely engage a nat-sided extremity 22 on the tool shank lt, thereby loosely holding the tool and the sleeve l5 against relative rotation.

A disk-like body 23 of elastic material such as neoprene or rubber, Ylies vagainst the front extremities 'I9 and 28 of theY sleeve it and lo'odyl 5 and is clamped in place by a cap 2e having-a thread 25 engaged with the thread t. The elastic body 23 is formed with'a central opening 26 to receive the tool shank d3, said opening 26 being of a size to necessitate forcing of said tool Ishank therethrough, whereby said body 23 will yieldably grip said tool shank. The cap 2li has an opening 2 larger than the opening 2li. Thus, the shank I3' is-'yieldably held and may iioat laterally to some extent, permitting proper operation of the material, preferably of an oil resisting nature, -may be compressed more or less by screwingvthe vcap 24,'V on the body 5; and thus it is possible to vary or control the pressure'or grip of the elastic material 23 on the tool forthe purpose of -varying the amount of lateral oat of the tool as well as maintaining the tool on the male (or female) center lll. Because of the manner in which the tool is held and turned by the device, the tool operating on the center line of the holder will eliminate cutting eccentrically of the tool holder. In order to maintain the desired compression of the elastic material or body 23, a lock washer 28 may be placed on the threads 6 to be screwed forwardly against the rear end of the cap 2, as `shown in Figs. 1 and 2, after the cap has been screwed rearwardly on the body 5 to compress 23 to the desired extent. The lock Washer 28 has a portion of its outer surface made of hexagonal or other shape for engagement by a wrench or other turning tool. It will be understood, however, that if desired,` the lock washer may not be used and in that event, the threads 6 need not extend as far in a rearward direction as shown in the drawings.

When backing the tool out of the work, should the two become more or less locked together, the cap 24 and the sleeve IE will unthread from the body 5, if the lock washer is released, thereby releasing the tool and lessening the danger fof breaking it. This is particularly advantageous when the tool is a tap for threading the wall 'of an opening. manner, by the reversal of sleeve .IB will com- It will also actin the followingv press elastic body 23 to allow .tool .I3 to disengage Y from socket 2|, thereby turning freely and preventing breakage of the tool I3.

From the foregoing and the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that novel and advantageous provision has been made for carrying .out the objects of the invention; and while the illustrated construction simply and effectively provides a head having a socket to loosely rel ceive the tool shank, tool-holding means at the .rear end of said socket to loosely engage the -tool shank, and elastic means carried by said .head in advance of said engaging means to yield- Y.ablygrip said tool shank, it is not necessary that these elements be constructed in the specific -manner shown.

`I claim:

l. A-tool-holdercomprising `a cylindrical body having a central forwardly open socket, a sleeve `'secured-in said socket and of Aan internal diameter ving said elastic body in place, said cap vhaving y a Icentral opening larger than said opening of said elastic body, whereby the -tool may laterally naat.

:2. -A structure as 'specified .in claim 1; Asaid 4sleeve-and cap having threadedconnections with said ycylindrical body, all of the screw threads of -these threaded connections being pitched in 'a direction to yloosen if thetool cannot rotate -when reversely rotating said cylindrical body for re- -moving the tool yfrom rthe work.

3. `A structure las specified in claim 1; the

-rear end-of said cylindrical vbody having a central boreA opening 'into the rear end of said sleeve, vand-ashank -havinga reduced front end secured -inisaid bore, the front extremity of said reduced shank end-having .a center to engage a center on `the rear end -of the tool shank.

4. A structure as specied in claim 1, in which said cap has internal screw threads, adjustably engaging external screw threads on said body, and in which said elastic body is clamped for various degrees of compression between said cap and the front ends of said body and sleeve and a lock nut on the threads of said body for frictional engagement with the rear end of said cap to lock it 4in adjusted position.

5. A tool holder comprising a head-to be driven, said head having a central forwardly open socket, `a sleeve secured in said socket and of an internal diameter to loosely receive a tool shank, the rear end of said sleeve having internal means to loosely r'engage and drive the rear end of the tool shank, a body of elastic material at the front end of .said head and sleeve and having 'a centralop'ening of a size to snugly receive the tool shank, and a cap secured upon the front end of said head and clamping said elastic body Ain place, said cap having a central opening larger vthan-said opening -of said elastic body, whereby the tool may laterally float, said sleeve and cap having threaded connections with said head, all `of the screw threads of these threaded connections being pitched in a direction to loosen if the tool cannot rotate when -reversely rotating said head for removing the 'tool from the work.

6. A tool holder comprising-a head to be driven, -said head having a central Vforwardly open-socket, a sleeve secured in said socket and of an internal diameter to loosely receive fa tool shank, the rear end of said sleeve having internal means to loosely engage and drive the rear end of the tool shank, a body -of elastic material at the front end of said head and sleeve andhaving a central opening ofasize to snugly receivethe tool shank, and a cap secured upon the front end of said .head and clamping said elastic body in place,

`said cap having a centralfopening larger than said opening of said elastic body, whereby the tool may laterally -float, vthe rear end of said head having acentral bore opening into the rear end of said sleeve, and a shank having a front end -secured insaid bore, the front extremity of said shank end `having a center toengage a center Yon the rear end vof the tool shank.

'BERNARDPATRICK HAFFEY.

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